Mo·hur'rumMu*har'ram noun [ Arabic muharram , prop., sacred, forbidden, noun , the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.] 1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. Whitworth. 2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the f... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/87